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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454819903321

Autore

Verhulst Adriaan E.

Titolo

The rise of cities in north-west Europe / / Adriaan Verhulst [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11242-7

0-511-05296-0

0-511-11614-4

0-521-46909-0

1-280-15184-6

0-511-31027-7

0-511-15060-1

0-511-61227-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Themes in international urban history ; ; 4

Disciplina

307.76/0948

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500

Urbanization - Europe, Northern - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-170) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Editor s preface; Preface; 1 The transformation of the Roman towns; 2 The nadir of urban life (sixth...seventh centuries); 3 New urban beginnings and the Viking raids (eighth...ninth centuries); 4 The urbanization of the high Middle Ages (tenth...eleventh centuries); 5 Industrialization, commercial expansion and emancipation (eleventh...twelfth centuries); 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of cities and towns; General index

Sommario/riassunto

For more than fifty years no synthesis has been written which systematically examines the growth and development of cities in north-west Europe. Adriaan Verhulst takes as his subject the history of urban settlements and towns in the region between the rivers Somme and Meuse from the late Roman period (fourth century) to the end of the twelfth century. This region comprises Flanders and Liè€ge, two of the most urbanized areas, not only in the southern Netherlands but in



northwestern Europe as a whole until the twelfth century. Fifteen towns are studied in all, and, supported by numerous maps, Professor Verhulst provides rich details of the impact of political, military, ecclesiastical, as well as social and economic, factors on the developing towns as they were transformed from regional markets to centres of industry and international commerce.